Career and Life Management

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Create your life from the inside out...

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/interviewingskills/4
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EMPLOYABILITY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT







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Understanding self, values and goals and how they influence our career choices.
Know Yourself
Watch Video on Self Esteem - with Discussion (20)
Complete the organizer in Microsoft Word
http://online.onetcenter.org/

ESSK.01.01
Identify training, education, and certification requirements for occupational choice.
ESSK.09.0
Examine licensing, certification and credentialing requirements at the national, state and local levels to maintain compliance with industry requirements.
Exploring Careers
First read Lesson 2, Step 2 Researching Potential Careers in
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/careerplanning/module/16

Use the Word Document to guide you and to add to your portfolio.
Start thinking about your career goals!

Exploring Careers (making goals)

(Once this opens go to file and download as a Word Document, SAVE AS rename to a safe place and enjoy!)

ESSK.09.02.a Develop career goals and objectives as part of a plan for future career direction.ESSK.09.02.b Develop strategies to reach career objectives.
Career Objectivecareer_objective.png
Read the lesson on setting a career goal: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/career. Write a SMART Goal http://topachievement.com/smart.html.


Goal Setting POSTER :)
Make a visual of 5 year to 10 year goals

ESSK.09.04
Maintain a career portfolio to document knowledge, skills and experience in a career field.
Personal Info Wrksht
This is a collection of your personal information as it is right now in your life. My hope is that you will keep adding to this and use it in your future.

Handwritten or typed in MS-Word. GCF learn free- Answer questions in Lesson 4 and Information Sheet for Lesson 5 (Fill out as much as possible, omit SSN and DL no.#).



ACADEMIC FOUNDATIONS







Improve Vocabulary
http://dynamo.dictionary.com/help/tour
Weekly

Create Accounts
Begin the registration process
Login:pv_firstname
Password: the school issued password

ractice Reading with prompts
The Lost Boys by Sara Corbett
This is a workshop online to guide you when you should be predicting evaluating and making decisions.










Job Hunting


Job Hunting
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/jobsearch
Nichols Airline- Job Openings!
Employment application
Fill out a job application. This job application will be your focus on your cover letter and match your skills, personality and values. http://vivacea.mysocialsphere.com/

Resume
Functional, Chronological or Combination format which one is best for you?

Read lessons in GCF.http://www.gcflearnfree.org/resumewriting Create a resume of your own. Consider using the "High School" template in MS Word to use.

Always check grammar, spelling and vocab, you the editor = employer are looking for easy to find information like what job the applicant is looking for, that information is easy to find, like relevant skills.
Functional Resumes:

Edit Resume
That they will make the best employee for you! Apply action verbs

Cover Letter
Write it to the same organization you filled out the application for. Follow directions as outlined in GCF.
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/coverletters
Nichols Airline - Job Openings!








The Interview
  • Watch the VHS or other acceptable video about Interviewing.
  • Read through GCF, understand the STAR method: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/interviewingskills
  • Follow along this Word Document, it has links, questions to be answered and very helpful information.
  • Practice questions in Google docs: practice questions - save your own copy.


Thank You
Write a thank you letter to those who interviewed you; be sure to "seal the deal". Get approval from Mrs. N before delivering. Handwritten speaks volumes!
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/interviewingskills/4


Networking Cards
Networking - Print them following these directions: Business Cards
EXTRA!



















FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE

ESSK.11.01
Demonstrate the financial knowledge and skills necessary for independent living.

Standard/Objectives ESSK 11.01
Lesson Title/Focus
Skills and Concepts
Resources and Directions
ESSK 11.01b
Demonstrate the ability to open and maintain checking and savings accounts.
Checking and Savings Accounts
How to open a checking/savings account
How to write checks
How to keep a register
How to endorse a check
How to reconcile a Bank Statement
What is 21st Century Banking
How to complete a reconciliation between your register and the bank statement.
How to start a new month.
Grand Valley National Bank - Mock Banking simulation books

ESSK 11.02a
Develop a personal budget based on a given income level
Budgeting
  1. Why keep track of expenditures?
  2. Why have a financial plan or goals?
  3. How do you manage your money?
  4. What is a Budget?
    1. What is income?
    2. What are expenses?
  5. Why Plan for the Hard Times?
  1. Take a Quiz: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/content/interactives/mb_quiz.asp
  2. Money Management
    1. sign into Gmail and will be using Google Docs

  3. Understanding and Creating a Budget
    1. Read the article in the link titled "Living Below Your Means" then following along in GCF while completing the tasks listed in the Google Doc named "Understanding and Creating a Budget".
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ESSK 11.01d
Demonstrate an understanding of credit (types, usage, and costs).
  1. The Credit Puzzle
  2. Banks vs Credit Unions
  3. How Banks Work
  1. What is Credit?
    1. Name the three Credit Reporting Agencies?
    2. How do you build credit?
    3. How do you lose credit?
  2. What is a Credit Card?
  3. What is a Bank?
  4. What is a Credit Union?
  5. How does it all work?
CREDIT:

BANKS and CREDIT UNIONSBanks take your money, earn interest on your money, give loans at a higher interest rate; that pay your interest you are earning on your savings. Banks make the profit.

Watch the video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cawzTSVTP2M. Then choose a bank and a credit union and compare the differences for yourself, use the spreadsheet REsearch and Compare bank vs credit unionto guide and document your research.
ESSK 11.01f
Understand different types of insurance (auto, health, life, disability, renters) and how to compare costs.
Insurance and Risk Management
  1. What is Insurance?
  2. How does insurance work?
    What are the different types?
    What insurance do I really need?
  3. What is Auto Insurance?
    1. What is Collision?
    2. What is Comprehensive?
  4. What is Life Insurance?
    1. What is Term?
    2. What is Whole Life?
  5. What is Health Insurance?
  6. What is Disability?
  7. What is Renters?
Read the PDF and use it to complete the worksheet.
- this is your guide

Worksheet is in Google Docs - Insurance Worksheet - Google Doc
- same as Google Doc.
ESSK 11.01c
Demonstrate an understanding of investments (types, purposes, rates of return, and compound interest).
Investing and Retirement
What is investing?
How do you invest?
Why do people invest?
When should you start investing?
What are the different ways you can invest?

What is the Rule of 72?
What is a rate of return?
What is compound interest?
"Taking control of your personal finances will take work, and, yes, there will be a learning curve."

Investing 101 - Investopedia - this document will guide your research be sure to make a copy.




ESSK 11.01g
Demonstrate an understanding of taxes by calculating tax rates and completing personal income tax returns.
Personal Income Tax Returns
What is personal income tax?
How is it determined?
Who oversees the tax?
How is it paid?
What is the IRS?
http://www.irs.gov/

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p17.pdf - Publication for Individuals about federal income tax
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Revenue/REVX/1176842266485 - State of Colorad







































Leadership and Communication



We need leaders in our families!
Everyone is a leader and a follower, everyone must step up to either roll.
Listen respectfully while I read: Don't Sweet the Small Stuff for Teens #32 and complete the visualizing activity.
Then complete the Leadership Inventory (25 Leadership skills ranked 1-10, 25-min, 125-average, 250-max)
Discuss where and how these skills are used.
Then make a collage, write a poem, a song, a essay, or draw a picture of how you will apply as many of these leadership skills in your future families.
Handout -
Leadership Inventory - Google Document


Being a Leader - why should you always be improving
Follow the link and complete the exercise.

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clm_leadership


Media influencing our values
Values - yours, your parents and the medias.
Think and watch out for commercials, music, TV shows, movie trailers, advertisements and how they positively and negatively portray relationships.
Create a three circled Venn diagram to show what you, your parents and the media have in common, what you have in common with only your parents and what you have in common with only the media. Be sure to show how each of the three topics has their own unique values as well.




The Chances of Unplanned TEEN pregnancy and how it changes lives.
Classroom activity -"What are the odds"
Followed by researching stories about teenage pregnancies and how their lives were changed. Write a one page, double spaced summary about their experience.


Clear Communication in Relationships
Bell Activity - Think of a time in your life that you wish you would have spoke up for yourself. Write a few details down and set aside.
Class activity -- "Lines and Responses" and "What if?"
Closing Activity - How could you respond assertively in the same situation in your life? Write it down.
What if Activity










Diversity




  1. Watch Video "Them and Us"
  2. Review this site
  3. http://www.pbs.org/race/001_WhatIsRace/001_00-home.htm
  4. Right a response essay or a two minute speech title "My Biases".
Just for fun, try this one from Harvard
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/selectatest.html






College or Trade School Ready or Entrepreneur or Military?




Remember this is a work in progress, please give feedback, what is helpful what could be better. Keep asking questions!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oyop_ASFSCzJvA1a9iF8x4K0BXcZ4owOiPCkO-P5pqc/edit

ACTION PLAN
College or Trade School
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Job Success



Increase Success on the Job
(WD #1)
Read GCF- Job Development > Job Success http://www.gcflearnfree.org/jobsuccess
Lesson 1 and follow the PDF resource for specific tasks.
external image pdf.png Workplace Development - Success_lesson1.pdf

Remember the websites change fast, the basic lesson is still there.

Time Management (WD #2)
Read GCF- Job Development > Job Success http://www.gcflearnfree.org/jobsuccess
Lesson 2 and follow the PDF resource for specific tasks.
external image vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet.png Workplace_manage time effectivel_lesson2.xlsx

Time Management Quiz
external image pdf.png Workplace Development - Lesson 2 Time Management.pdf





Business Etiquette (WD #4)
Read GCF-Job Development > Job Success http://www.gcflearnfree.org/jobsuccess
Lesson 4 and follow the PDF resource for specific tasks.


Common Worplace Pitfalls (WD #5)
Read GF- Job Development > Job Success http://www.gcflearnfree.org/jobsuccess
Lesson 5 and follow the PDF resource for specific tasks.
external image pdf.png Workplace Development - Lesson 5 Avoid Common Downsides.pdf